Obama Signs Equal Pay for Equal Work Bill

Lily Ledbetter, a supervisor at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. In Alabama, learned at age 60, Goodyear had been paying her less than male employees with the same or less experience for the same work. She sued and won, but her case was overturned by the Supreme Court in 2007.

“Goodyear will never have to pay me what it cheated me out,” Ledbetter said of her former employer. “In fact, I will never see a cent from my case, but with the president’s signature today, I have an even richer reward. I know that your daughters and granddaughters will have a better deal, and that’s what makes this fight worth fighting.”

Women still earn just 78 cents for every dollar men earn. This amounts to $210,000 less for women over a 35-year work life.